#BCA1CF#BCA1CF

#BCA1CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.071 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1CF
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 207)
HSL	hsl(275, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 18.46, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 27.06, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0468 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.071 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7445, 40.6865, 64.5155)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1CF #B4CFA1

analogous

#A5A1CF #BCA1CF #CFA1CB

triadic

#BCA1CF #CFBCA1 #A1CFBC

tetradic

#BCA1CF #CFA5A1 #B4CFA1 #A1CBCF

square

#BCA1CF #CFA5A1 #B4CFA1 #A1CBCF

split-complementary

#BCA1CF #CBCFA1 #A1CFA5

monochromatic

#8253A3 #9F78BA #BCA1CF #D9CAE4 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCA1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1CF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1CF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.071 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bddd',
    500: '#bca1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1cf;
$custom-light: #d0bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.217,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74812,
    "c": 0.07124,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1CF

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#AB3A69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1CF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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